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Legacy Service Solutions CEO Jim Ales holds the spray gun used to disinfect in front of Sellers Subaru.(Photo: Matt Belz.)

Sellers Auto Group in metro Detroit is offering an in-car spray to protect medical workers from coronavirus starting Monday.

The dealership group has partnered with Legacy Service Solutions of Waterford to provide health care workers and first responders with an antimicrobial solution in their cars.

The solution, called Penetrexx, is sprayed in the vehicle. It disinfects the car as well as applies a layer of antimicrobrial solution to protect against the growth of bacteria and viruses including coronavirus, said Jim Ales, CEO of Legacy Service Solutions.

"The disinfectant is certified to kill COVID-19. The top coat is awaiting certification to kill COVID-19," but it can kill flu and other coronavirus strains, said Ales. "The top coat, when it's dried, is like a bed of nails. It's designed to kill bacteria and flu viruses and other coronaviruses when they land on it. It pierces them."

The service, which takes about 20 minutes, is free to medical professionals. The service will be available from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday at Sellers Subaru in Macomb and 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday at Sellers Buick GMC in Farmington Hills.

Sellers owner Sam Slaughter said he has reached out to local hospitals to let them know of the service. Legacy Systems did the event at Lincoln of Troy on Saturday.

"We have clear social distancing where people are waiting for their cars," said Slaughter. "The only people who are driving the cars are the people who are protecting it and they will protect it first, so it's a very safe event."

So far they've had 15 pre-appointments and Slaughter expects 75 to 100 people to show up, "but we're prepared for more if we get them."

"We'll schedule another event if we get overwhelmed," Slaughter said. "Community is so important to us in these times. We have to stick together and help each other."

Legacy's Ales said the company reached out to its suppliers three weeks ago to get the Penetrexx spray after growing concern about medical workers' exposure to the virus.

"We hear story after story and we have some family members who are nurses," said Ales. "We don't want them to go down because then we'll have more and more issues. We're in this to help and that's what we want to do."

Sellers dealerships will offer the free service for health care workers in the near-term. Slaughter said he is working to develop a package that he can sell to the public eventually.